Obituaries

Nov 4, 2020

Graveside services for James Loren Westbrook, 70, who passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2020, at the Middle River Friends Cemetery, rural Carlisle, IA.

James was born on November 7, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa.  He grew up in Carlisle, Iowa and...

Nov 1, 2020

Sharon Kay (Green) Kemmis, 83, of Indianola, IA, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at home. She grew up in Indianola and graduated from Indianola High School in 1955. She attended Drake University for a year.

Sharon moved to Denver, CO, in 1956, where she worked as a secretary. She met and married Ernest L. Kemmis in...

Oct 30, 2020

"All that you leave in this world to your loved ones is your legacy- not money (spent too soon) or things you probably didn't want anyway, but how to share, care, love unconditionally and good times spent together."  What a legacy Patrick James Smith, Smitty to most, has left with us.

Born August 29, 1958, Smitty grew...

Oct 30, 2020

David M. Hill, 69, died peacefully at Westview Care Center on October 30, 2020.  David was a retired Carlisle Police officer and a proud USMC Vietnam Veteran.  Special thanks to the staff at Westview for their wonderful care of David over the last four plus years and to the staff of Suncrest Hospice that was most kind and caring...

Oct 29, 2020

Pastor Edwin Lee Pace, 70, passed away of metastatic cancer, Crohn's disease and kidney disease on October 29, 2020. A Celebration of Life will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, May 29, 2021 at the Indianola First United Methodist Church (up to 160 guests). You may also join family on the live stream located on Ed's obituary page of Overton...

Oct 28, 2020

A Funeral Mass for Linda Ann Croat, 83, who passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at home, will be held 10 a.m., Monday, November 2, 2020, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys, IA with burial following in the St. Marys Cemetery.  The family requests those in attendance wear a mask and social distance.

Survivors include her...

Oct 26, 2020

Funeral services for Billie L. Davidson, 90, who passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 in Des Moines, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, October 31, at Indianola First Assembly of God Church.  Friends may also join the family on our Livestream beginning at 11 a.m. on Billie's obituary page of Overton Funeral Home's website.  Burial will be in the...

Oct 25, 2020

Family services for Richard "Pete" Berry,85, who passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020, will be held Thursday, October 29, 2020.  Friends may join the family on our Livestream beginning at 11 a.m. on Pete's obituary page of Overton Funeral Home's website.  Burial will be in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Pete worked on a farm for...

Oct 24, 2020

Funeral services for Clarine May Lundy, 90, of Greenfield, IA will be held 11 a.m., Friday, October 30, 2020 at the Cornerstone Fellowship Church, 2158 Highway 92, Greenfield, with burial following in the Greenfield Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church prior to services. The service will be Livestreamed beginning at 11 a.m....

Oct 24, 2020

Jane Ellen (Fall) Hoffa died peacefully at her home October 24, 2020. She was born in Racine WI August 13, 1928. Her parents were John W. and Jennie (Evans) Fall. The family moved to Burlington, IA in 1939. Jane graduated from Burlington High School in 1946 and obtained an AA degree from Burlington Junior College in 1948. She then...

Oct 22, 2020

Graveside services for Fredric "Fritz" Engelbart, 86, who passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020, at home will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth; children, Stephanie (Daran) Becker, Molly Bean, Nicole (Mike) Morig, Pauline (Brian) Hartley and Anne Green; and eleven grandchildren.  He was preceded in...

Oct 18, 2020

Private Family Services for Gary Lee Scrivner who passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 in Des Moines, will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2020.  The service will be Livestreamed beginning at 11 a.m. on Gary's obituary page of the funeral home website.

Gary Lee Scrivner was born on December 13 th , 1956 to Gene and Joy...

Oct 16, 2020

Veryl LeRoy Fritz, 92, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA.  A private family burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Menlo, IA.  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no visitation or funeral at this time.  A Celebration of Life for Veryl will be deferred until later, when large...

Oct 16, 2020

On October 16, 2020, Jay Steven Wilkerson, 68, of Indianola, IA, changed zip codes from 50125 to H-E-A-V-E-N. This change was quite unexpected, coming after Jay suffered a brief but lethal bout with coronary issues.

Jay was born on October 19, 1951, to parents Elon and Gerie (Willits) Wilkerson. The oldest of three children, Jay was followed...

Oct 14, 2020

Family Celebration of Life Services for Eric Blaine Bingaman, 28, who passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020, will be held Saturday, October 17, 2020.  Friends may join the family by Livestream beginning at 1 p.m. on Eric's obituary page of our website.

Eric was born December 10, 1991 in Des Moines, IA to Richard Blaine and Shannon...

Oct 11, 2020

Private family services for Walter Estes Trembly, 87, who passed away Sunday, October 11, 2020 at home, will be held Thursday, October 15, 2020.  Friends may join the family on our Livestream found on Walt's obituary page of the Overton Funeral Home website beginning at 10:30 a.m.  Burial will be in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Walter was...

Oct 8, 2020

Private family services for Donald "Donnie" Hunerdosse, 68, who passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, will be held Tuesday, October 13, 2020.  You may join family on our livestream located on Donnie's obituary page of Overton Funeral Home's website starting at 10:30 a.m. Public burial services will follow in the Liberty Center Cemetery.

Oct 6, 2020

Judith Arlene (Hommer) Newbury was born on July 29th, 1938 in New Virginia, Iowa to Ernest and Sylvia (Sanders) Hommer. She had 4 brothers, Ray, Lee, Dewey and Lynn and one sister, Rose. Judy graduated from New Virginia High School and Simpson College. She participated in multiple activities during high school...

Oct 5, 2020

Melody Bernstrauch passed from this life on October 5, 2020.  Melody was born in Des Moines, IA on January 27, 1953 to Hazel (Tuttle) and Earl Cheers. She lived most of her life in south central Iowa and some of her early adulthood in Clinton, AR and Bemidji, MN.

Melody was wed to Steven Robinson, father to...

Oct 4, 2020

Funeral services for Judy Gail Fife, 74, who passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 in Des Moines, will be held 1:30 p.m., Friday, October 9, 2020, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola.  Burial will follow services in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Judy Stalter was born August 8, 1946 in Osceola, IA to Gale and Helen Stalter.  She...